Expression and characterization of a 159 amino acid, N-terminal fragment of human complement component Cls

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 1273-1280

  Tsai, Shih Wa ^a   Poon, Pak H ^a   Schumaker, Verne N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT C1; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0031392245     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(97)00149-1     Document Type: Article

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